The effect of childbirth positions on the severity of labor pai
- Conditions
- Study of the effect of three childbirth positions of squatting, sitting and lithotomy on the severity of labor pain.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180128038535N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Pregnant women aged between 18-35 years old
Primiparous women
Gestational age between 37 and 41 weeks
Women in dilatation 8-9 cm (active phase of labor phase)
Singleton pregnancy
Fetal presentation (head) in the second stage of labor engagement and at least ischial spines is reached
Estimated fetal weight is based on Johnson's law between 4,000-2500 grams
The tendency and readiness for the physiological delivery
Anatomical and skeletal disorders
All that leads to cesarean section
Lack of labor progress in the first stage of labor by using paratograph form
Rupture of the water bag over 12 hours
Weakness and numbness in the legs (in squat position)
Short Perinea (vaginal insertion distance to the anal inlet less than 3.5 cm)
Maternal fatigue at the end of the first stage of labor
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of labor pain in the latent phase of the second stage of labor. Timepoint: After the intervention and the end of the latent phase of the second stage of labor. Method of measurement: Visual analogue Scale of McGill Pain.;Severity of labor pain in the active phase of the second stage of labor. Timepoint: After the intervention and the end of the active phase of the second stage of labor. Method of measurement: Visual analogue Scale of McGill Pain.;Severity of labor pain in the third stage of labor. Timepoint: After the intervention and the end of the third stage of labor. Method of measurement: Visual analogue Scale of McGill Pain.;Duration of the latent phase of the second stage of labor. Timepoint: After the intervention. Method of measurement: Kronometer.;Duration of the active phase of the second stage of labor. Timepoint: After the intervention. Method of measurement: Kronometer.;Duration of the third stage of labor. Timepoint: After the intervention. Method of measurement: Kronometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Volume of bleeding in the first hour after delivery. Timepoint: After the intervention. Method of measurement: Scales, sanitary pad.;Type and degree of perineal tear. Timepoint: After the intervention and childbirth. Method of measurement: Observation and examination.;Apgar score of the infant in the first and fifth minutes of birth. Timepoint: After intervention and delivery. Method of measurement: Neonate Apgar Scale.